LEXINGTON,
Va. – Clark King Pool, home to VMI women’s water polo will see plenty of action
this coming spring as head coach Anna Phelps, entering her second year in
Lexington, announced the team’s 2013 schedule on Wednesday.

The
Keydets will host their first-ever Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference games in
Lexington, kicking things off on March 23 with defending conference champion
Iona College at 10 a.m. VMI will play once more on that Saturday, hosting
Marist College at 2:30 p.m.. On March 24, VMI wraps up its first MAAC weekend
on Post with Siena College at 10:30 a.m., followed by St. Francis (N.Y.)
College at 4:30 p.m.

Prior
to its first home conference weekend, VMI opens the 2013 season at the Salem
International University Tournament. Times and opponents for the get together,
which willed be held in Salem, W.Va. on Feb. 9 and 10, have not yet been
announced.

After
the Salem International Tournament, the Keydets will head west for several
games, including a pair of tournaments. The first tournament will be at Phelps' alma mater, Claremont College on March 8 and 9. While in Claremont, Calif., the Keydets will take on the host school, Pomona College and at Redlands. Tournament times for the Convergence have not yet been set.

The Keydets then head to Riverside, Calif for the Cal Baptist tournament, beginning on March 12 with Occidental College at 11 a.m. (PST), followed by
a March 13 gameat Whittier College at 7
p.m. (PST).

On
March 15 and 16, the Keydets travel to Riverside, Calif. for the Cal Baptist
Tournament. Times have not yet been announced.

Following
the MAAC weekend in Lexington, the Keydets will once again play host, this time
to Grove City College on March 26. Game time is set for 4:30 p.m. at Clark King
Pool.

VMI’s
second MAAC weekend will be at Villanova University on March 30 when VMI plays
just two games, one against Wagner at 11:30 a.m. followed by a clash with the
host at 2:30 p.m.

Once
again on the following weekend, VMI play twice, squaring off with Siena at 9
a.m. and Villanova at 1:30 p.m. Both games will be played at Iona in New
Rochelle, N.Y.

Four
games, all in Brooklyn Heights, N.Y. at St. Francis (N.Y.) highlight the
Keydets final MAAC weekend, with a pair against Marist College and the host on
April 13. VMI will face the Red Foxes at 11:30 a.m. and the Terriers at 2:30
p.m. On Sunday April 14, VMI will face Wagner at Noon and Iona at 3 p.m.

The
Keydets round out the regular season with a tilt in the nation’s capital, facing
off against George Washington University on April 20 at 6 p.m.

The
2013 MAAC Championship weekend has been set for April 27 and 28, hosted by
Marist in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Times have not been set for the tournament, which
only the top four teams in the standings at season’s end qualify for.

Please
note that this schedule, its dates and times, are subject to change. Please
check back to VMIKeydets.com periodically for any changes.